http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/ Engadget Comments for How-To: Get TV shows off of Windows MCE and onto your iPod (with video) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/i have nothing against mac, in fact i'm typing this on my fairly new ibook.
there is nothing sacred or unholy about converging ms and apple.
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I also tried a handful of other programs and none of them worked. ITunes kept complaining that the encoded files were not compatible with the iPod and thus did not transfer them.

I finally stumbled upon one that DID work - flawlessly. It also does the job very fast.

http://www.nurs.or.jp/%7Ecalcium/3gpp/3GP_Converter031.zip
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-Scott]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/
But, on the topic of the post, does iTunes recognize these files as Movies or TV shows? I know it can distinguish, but I was wondering what others have found since my one attempt with a different app yielded a movie, not TV. It doesn't matter, I'm just curious.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/i ran into the same problem with my video files. try shortening the file name before syncing to your iPod and you should be alright.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/
http://www.clerks2.com/movies/passion2.mov

-Scott]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/
I found this out and then used Videora to create a MPEG4 and it worked out great.

Take a look at the forum for more info.
http://www.pspvideo9.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=18

]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/Worse these tools have either locked my system solid, blue screened, or just hung the converter application.

It's been very frustrating :-(]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/
These days, all I need to do is go into iTunes podcast section and select the recorded shows I want to watch and "poof" they show up on my iPod!]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/
FYI 2 The video-capable iPod does have fast forward and rewind, but it doesn’t occur in real-time. Instead you fast forward or rewind to a specific time within in the clip, at which point video playback will resume.

FYI 3 Within iTunes you can manually change the classification of a video file to either ’Movie’ or ‘Music Video’ – I haven’t come across a way to edit the metadata to specify ‘TV Show’ yet. So far only shows purchased directly through iTunes get that tag.

FYI 4 Yes, those are Dante and Randal “Inaction” figures of Clerks fame. I’m not sure where I originally got them a few years ago, but I see they are currently for sale on ebay and at View Askew’s official store http://www.jayandsilentbob.com .]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/
I have seen of three or four over the past couple weeks, but sorry, I did not make a note of them. Try a google search.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/
Note that the article seems to imply that that video doesn't show at full screen. I found that, as long as the source was TV size (not wide screen), it did encode and show at full screen, i.e. taking all pixels on the screen. My rips of Deadwood had black bars at the top and bottom since it was fitting the letterboxed size into the square iPod screen.

Video quality is sweet, by the way, even with MPEG4 (which is much quicker than the h.264). Now all Podner needs is a batch option.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/


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What did work for me were Tivo2Ipod from www.tvharmony.com (free, but slow) and PQ DVD's software from www.pqdvd.com (costs $35, but it's fast).

As someone else noted above, you may have to shorten the filename -- that tripped me up also...]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/
Mix in a little DVDShrink up front for your source vid, and on a system with reasonable performance, you should be able to have Episode III ripped, decrypted, region-free, shrunk and sync'd all in under 90 minutes.

And that, my friends, is some tiny Yoda.

OARN -- I made the mistake of buying QTPro, against my better judgement, thinking maybe this latest version would actually work. Well, it sucks...We can say "sucks" on the Internet now, right? Very slow, and hasn't yet successfully converted anything I have unless it is already a .mov file. On a positive note, at least I'm out 30 bucks that I might have otherwise spent on drugs, alcohol, or violent video games.

-Tz]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/
Yes, you can fast-forward on the video ipod, if you're familiar with the older ipods, press the center button once, then use the scroll wheel to fast-forward.

I have had similar encoding issues using Videora, I have had much better luck with 3GP_Converter031. It's less of a memory hog than videora and I like the drag-and-drop interface, plus the ability to add files to the queue without having to stop the current encoding job.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/I use dvd decrypter to create a vob from dvd.
Than I convert the vob with videora but audio and video are not synchronized.

This is the 4th vob I try to convert and there is always the same problem.
What's it?
Thanks]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/you can also go to this website for an excellent tutorial.
http://www.litwack.org/?page_id=1114]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/01/how-to-get-tv-shows-off-of-windows-mce-and-onto-your-ipod/


It didn't work! :-( ...



When I tried to open it with Quicktime it said "Error -2048: the file is not a movie file"



I tried a regular Mpeg and it worked fine, but I REALLY want, no... NEED, to be able to convert a Microsft Recorded Tv Show to MPEG4 that WILL WORK WITH QUICKTIME!]]>Dec 28th 2005 5:54AM